Home Services in Sandersville and Washington County, Georgia

Washington County facts

What Home Service Pros work with in Washington County.

• The houses. Washington County has about 8,696 homes and 19,893 people; 66.9% of homes are owner occupied, the median home is worth $115,600, and the typical one was built around 1982 (U.S. Census ACS 2019 to 2023). In Sandersville itself: about 2,525 homes, typical year built 1975, median value $128,100.
• Permits. the City of Sandersville Building and Zoning office, for property inside the city (478-552-2626), 141 West Haynes Street, Sandersville. Inside Sandersville a permit is needed for accessory buildings, pools, foundations, slabs, driveways, patios and walkways, and for replacing any electrical, plumbing, gas or mechanical system, with work valued at $1,000 or less that needs no inspection exempt. For the unincorporated county, start with the Board of Commissioners (478-552-2325, 119 Jones Street).
• Utilities. Electricity from Sandersville Electric inside the city and Washington EMC (headquartered in Sandersville) across the county, with Jefferson Energy Cooperative in part of it.
• The ground. The western part of the county drains to the Oconee River and the northeast to the Ogeechee; kaolin mining has shaped the land and the economy for a century.
• Storms. Hurricane Helene crossed the CSRA on September 26 and 27, 2024 with widespread damage to trees and power poles and extended power outages for hundreds of thousands of people; the National Weather Service measured an 82 mph gust at Augusta Regional Airport.
• Termites. The federal termite infestation probability map puts all of Georgia and South Carolina in its "very heavy" zone, the highest level, which is why lenders here ask for a termite letter.
• Towns and areas. Sandersville, Tennille, Davisboro, Deepstep, Harrison, Oconee, Riddleville, Warthen.
• Landmarks. The Brown House Museum (1850), the Warthen jail, the oldest log jail in Georgia, the T.J. Elder Community Center and the annual Kaolin Festival.